World at War Course

World War I, Depression, World War II Online Resources from Fall 2015 Gilder Lehrman Course

Session I- Over Where? The American Road to War 1914-1917
http://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/home/
http://www.codehesive.com/commonwealthww1/

Session II- America Goes to War 1917-1918
WEB DuBois, "The African Roots of the War
Propaganda Posters
Political Cartoons and Images

Session III- Trying to Shape an American Peace
WEB DuBois, "Excerpt from Returning Soldiers"
Open Letter to Woodrow Wilson- DuBois 1913
Another Open Letter to Woodrow Wilson- DuBois 1913
Wilson and African-Americans PBS American Experience
Returning Soldiers-Full Document
African Americans and World War I- New York Public Library Exhibit/Article
Henry Cabot Lodge- Speech in the Senate, Aug 12, 1919
Woodrow Wilson- 14 Points Speech

Session IV- Another World War 1939-1942
Frank Capra- Why We Fight
Charles Lindbergh, America First Speech
FDR Arsenal of Democracy Speech
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Tuskeegee Airmen
The Fallen of World War II

Session V- Fighting a World War 1943-1945
Ernie Pyle, "The Death of Captain Waskow"
Ernie Pyle, "Fed Up and Bogged Down"
Ernie Pyle, Wartime Columns
(Bugs Bunny?) Herr meets Hare
Classroom Connections: World War II and the Double V Campaign
Should I Sacrifice to Live Half American?
PBS, What Was Black America's Double War?
PBS, The Black Press- Soldiers Without Swords
Ray Elliott- Two Wars to Win
Japanese Internment Teachers' Guide- Library of Congress

Session VI- Trying Again to Shape an American Peace
George Kennan, The Long Telegram
The Potsdam Declaration
The Atomic Cafe Trailer